something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity;
"he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge" "the holding company was just a blind"
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It was no subterfuge on her part. She just lied in her throat and we all realized toe grossness of her false utterance.她所说的不是什么遁词。她简直是在撒弥天大谎。对她说假话之无耻程度，我们都是了解的。
This subterfuge went on for weeks.这个借口持续了几个星期。
The Independents tried hard to swallow the wretched subterfuge.独立党的党员们硬着头皮想把这一拙劣的托词信以为真。
Her claim to be a journalist was simply a subterfuge to get into the theatre without paying.她自称是记者，这只是个看戏不买票的花招而已。
